The first Sanctorale (Augsburg 1510) was entered into Excel as a simple spreadsheet containing 2,279 records. But when I began work on Bamberg 1490, it was immediately clear that we needed more than a spreadsheet to handle the data. With each new entry, I found myself scrolling up to reference existing records. “What is theContinue reading “Software Design”
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Volunteers Needed
The second major phase of our research involves the entry of the sanctoral calendars into the Missal database. This is no easy task, since the average Sanctorale contains about 2,200 entries. (Multiplied by 34+ sources, this means over 75,000 records.) So far Augsburg, Bamberg, and Brandenburg have been completed, but the task took nearly 6Continue reading “Volunteers Needed”
The Lutheran Missal 